Mărgărit Blăgescu (26 August 1925 – March 2004)Mărgărit Blăgescu's obituary
was a Romanian sportsman who competed as a

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsle ...

at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

. He played as a prop for the

Romania national rugby union team The Romania national rugby union team, nicknamed Stejarii (''The Oaks''), has long been considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations Championship, Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and cu ...

during the 1950s.

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1925 births 2004 deaths Romanian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Romania Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics Romania international rugby union players Rugby union props Place of birth missing 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-bobsleigh-bio-stub